Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak today jointly inaugurated the Torana Gate in ‘Little India’ in Kuala Lumpur.Speaking before the inauguration, Prime Minister Modi said that Torana Gate will be a cornerstone of the relation between India and Malaysia.

The Torana Gate project, which was launched by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was supposed to have been completed by 2010 but got delayed by five-years.The gate is a gift from India to mark the launch of Little India in Kuala Lumpur’s Brickfields suburb as a symbol of friendship between the two countries.